A reader was telling me this morning about how the California GOP, after a pretty much nonstop 20 year decline, had perhaps hit rock bottom and was turning to some of its more pragmatic
or centrist leaders to make it relevant in the state again.

Dave "Doctor" Gonzo is a renegade record producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.